I think the first shopping cart escalator I saw was in the Bed Bath and Beyond in Manhattan, on the east side, by the 59th Street bridge. It had projecting spikes to seize the carts and carry them. The CostCo I now frequent also has a cart escalator, but it is not very exciting; its just a conveyor belt at a shallow angle.

As a southern guy who sees Wisconsin Army division marble obelisk memorials erected on every civil war battlefield in Georgia, I demand to know where you Wisconsin folks are hiding all of your African American citizens.

Oh, thank God. Given that Kevin Barrett was part of UW for a while, I was worried this might be a 9/11 Conspiracy Theory brewha. It's not. And that's a good thing. There's enough ignorance in this world without 9/11 "Truth" (yes, scare quotes) conferences.

In Chicago, the neighborhoods are ruled by the aldermen. In one northwest neighborhood, the rather strict local zoning ordinances were designed by local retailers, unions and the aldermen to keep the big box stores out. One such chain (name escapes me) couldn't build in the neighborhood, but built one right across the street that demarcated the neighborhood from the the next door non-Chicago neighborhood.

The alderman was a mite peeved, so he just did the next best thing. He had a fence built down the center of the street so no one could easily cross over to the big box store.

As a member of my town's Board of Adjustment for 15 years, I can assure you nothing draws people out on a Monday (or in our case, Tuesday) night like zoning changes, variances, and conditional use permits.

As a southern guy who sees Wisconsin Army division marble obelisk memorials erected on every civil war battlefield in Georgia, I demand to know where you Wisconsin folks are hiding all of your African American citizens. .

War's over, hoss.

Hey we do have a a whole special graveyard of Confederate soldiers who were buried here, who died in captivity. Neoconfederates come up here from time to time to raise their flag.

Unbelievable. How are politicians not assassinated in this country every day? We should be seeing 'em on the nightly news like car crashes.

This is not an endorsement of assassination - I just can't believe how much we will tolerate from these, our employees. People worried about gun decontrol leading to shootups should take great heart at this evidence of people's general unwillingness to shoot their fellow man.

Chuck B, is that the 2 story Target in Minneapolis? Here in St. Paul, we have a 2 story Menards with a conveyor belt that will carry you and your shopping cart up to the second floor. The elevator is an option, too.

The past 4-5 years, Target has been building some nice stores in the Twin Cities. Often, they tore down the old to build a new one.

Alpha...I have never met a neo-confederate. In Atlanta we have done well turning ourselves into an international city with every nationality represented in force at most public events. So it surprised me to see a photo of a white only crowd at the University town's public event.